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I was absolutely disgusted by this statement from an anonymous poster: "As to Kim who says all who have kids are "assholes," who do you think is going to take care of you when you are drooling in a nursing home? Someone has to have kids, or perhaps you are hoping everything is automated by the time you need your Depends changed."
I don't know whether "Kim" actually said that; I didn't see it here. My disgust is with good, old, "Anon."
Maybe he (or possibly she) thinks it's only fair that adult children repay their elderly parents in kind for having changed their own dirty diapers some decades ago, but I find this a horrible rationale for proposing that everyone must have children. Have them because you honestly love children and are able and willing to do the hard work of molding them into decent human beings, not as a form of long-term care insurance. If having adequate care in your old age is the goal, investing in a solid retirement plan and such insurance is a much safer bet - and one that doesn't leave psychological scars.
